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The hypotheses that black subjects comprehend nonstandard English materials better than those in standard English and that white subjects comprehend standard English materials better than those in nonstandard English were not supported. (Author)

Results of this research lead to a discussion of the possibility and implications of Negro nonstandard English being a distinct quasi-foreign" language system. (MB)

Article investigated the hypothesis that Caucasian subjects supply significantly more standard English, and Negro subjects supply significantly more predictable nonstandard English endings to present, plural, possessive, and time extension words, and that differences are obtained regardless of the standard or nonstandard English mode of presentation. (Author/RK)